Cranberry, Orange and Pistachio Scones

"This recipe comes from Splenda. Serve them hot from the oven, topped with orange marmalade for a wonderful breakfast treat."
 
Download
photo by Annacia photo by Annacia
photo by Annacia
photo by Kumquat the Cats fr photo by Kumquat the Cats fr
photo by Kumquat the Cats fr photo by Kumquat the Cats fr
photo by Kumquat the Cats fr photo by Kumquat the Cats fr
photo by PaulaG photo by PaulaG
Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
10
Serves:
14
Advertisement

ingredients

Advertisement

directions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  • Spray a cookie sheet with non-stick cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, cream or tartar, soda, salt and orange rind.
  • Add butter and with a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
  • Add the Spelnda and milk, stirring just until the dry ingredients are moistened.
  • Stir in cranberries and chopped pistachio nuts.
  • On a lightly floured surface, pat the dough to a 3/4 inch thickness and cut with a 2-1/2 inch round biscuit cutter.
  • Place on cookie sheet and bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
  • Serve hot from the oven with orange marmalade.

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!
Advertisement

Reviews

  1. These are delicious! I used regular sugar instead of Splenda. Thank you.
     
  2. This recipe makes some of the best scones ever, I rough chopped fresh cranberries, used dried blood orange peel and follower the recipe. I chose to make wedges in place of the rounds. They are an absolute delight that you'll want to stash and not share at all! Made for *Partying The Diabetic Way*.
     
  3. Excellent, excellent, thanks so much for this recipe! These scones looked too good to pass up and I was not at all disappointed. I am a somewhat inexperienced baker, and they came out a little heavy, which could have been my fault somehow, but I'm not sure how. Maybe I handled the dough too much or something. I did substitute lemon juice for the cream of tartar as I didn't have any. (Another website said this could be done.) I also had to add a couple more tablespoons or so of milk because the dough was a bit dry. Then I used a 3 1/2 inch cutter to make about 7 biscuits. They took only 13 minutes to look done. Will not be taking the leftovers to work because these biscuits taste too good to give away! Thanks Paula!
     
Advertisement

Tweaks

  1. Excellent, excellent, thanks so much for this recipe! These scones looked too good to pass up and I was not at all disappointed. I am a somewhat inexperienced baker, and they came out a little heavy, which could have been my fault somehow, but I'm not sure how. Maybe I handled the dough too much or something. I did substitute lemon juice for the cream of tartar as I didn't have any. (Another website said this could be done.) I also had to add a couple more tablespoons or so of milk because the dough was a bit dry. Then I used a 3 1/2 inch cutter to make about 7 biscuits. They took only 13 minutes to look done. Will not be taking the leftovers to work because these biscuits taste too good to give away! Thanks Paula!
     

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

I came to this site in March of 2004. It was then called Recipezaar. This site was the first on-line site that I ever joined. I first popped in 2003 while searching for a Peach Cobbler Recipe. In March of 2004, DH was having shoulder surgery and I was looking for a Split Pea Soup. Once again I found myself on Zaar as it came to be called. Over the years I hung out and learned from some of the best home cooks in the country, I posted over 700 recipes on the site, reviewed over 3500 recipes and posted over 3000 food photos. Over the next 10 years the site made many changes and in 2010 it was sold to to Food Network and became Food.com. Until last year we played games, talked and shared with one another. As a result of the community and the relationships I built I got to meet some wonderful people from all over the country. I also have a great number of friends that I have never meet face to face. Some of us still hang out at various places across the net. Zaar was more than a cooking community. It was an internet community of friendship. Life is an adventure ever changing.
 
View Full Profile
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Find More Recipes